Air Gun Events – RF&G Club (rockvillefishandgameclub.com)
Match Date: 2024 March 10th, Sunday – Rockville Fish & Game Club Field Target Match
Address: Fish & Game Rd, Vernon, CT (I-84 Exit 67, South on Mile Hill Rd)
Location: Upper Pond Course Gate B (second gate on left)
Rifle Match - 60 shots - 30 targets – 15 lanes.
Two shots per target – 4 shots per lane – 5-minute time limit
The following six classes and rules will be used:
- PCP Hunter
- PCP Combined Open & Unlimited*
- PCP WFTF
- Piston Hunter
- Piston Combined WFTF, Open & Unlimited*
- Break Barrel (Novice) Class – any gas piston or spring break barrel air rifle, 12x max scope, any type of rest and seat, rangefinders are allowed (scoring 2 pts knock down, 1 pt. face plate hit) closer target counts, far target is a bonus score.
*Unlimited Class (attached bipods, tripods, range finders are allowed)
9:00 AM Registration near Lane 1 and Open Practice at side of Rifle range
9:45 AM Shooter's Meeting (Squad and lane assignments, hand out scorecards and timers)
10:00 AM Match start.
Entry fee: $15 Adults, $10 Juniors or RFG members
Must sign a waiver/release of liability form good for the current year.
Eye protection is required.
Highly recommend bringing your own folding chair and hand warmers.
88 cubic foot air tank will be provided for PCP shooters.
Contact: Leo Gonzales (gonzav71@gmail.com) or Bill Milewski (wmcmkm@live.com)
@gonzav Leo, Looking forward to it! Already getting my Thomas changed back over to Field Target.
See you guys on the 10th of March.
If it rains on the 10th, we will move the match to the following Sunday 17th.
Fingers crossed 🤞
Leo, our forecast this am looked like to me that you had foreseen the future and planned the event to possibly light rain (15 to 25%) possibility in the time frame of the match. If that doesn't pan out your club has a heck of a schedule the weekend of 3/17/24.
Our club has our March 16th indoor Benchrest Scoreline match but I will try to make it down Sunday.
Bill
Course is set up and ready for tomorrow morning.
Rockville Fish & Game Club Field Target Match Report – 2024 March 10
Location: Fish & Game Rd, Vernon, CT
Match Site: Woods, slightly uphill, shaded
Temperature: 41-48 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind: 10-15 MPH, windy
Number of Targets: 30 (60 points maximum)
Average Distance: 40 yards
Average Kill Zone: 1 3/8” (Mix of ½", 1”, 1 ½” & 40 mm kill zones)
Course Difficulty: 32.53T (39.77 with wind)
Match Times: 10:00 AM–1:00 PM, Course Takedown completed 2:00 PM
Results/Attendees: (10 shooters total)
PCP WFTF
41/60 Chas D – RAW TM1000 – JSB 8.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
Piston WFTF
46//60 Leo G – Walther LGU - JSB 8.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
35//60 Nathan T – Walther LGU - JSB 8.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
PCP Hunter
43/60 Matt S - Daystate Redwolf - AA 10.3 grains - Sightron 10-50x60
37/60 Bill D - Thomas Carbine - JSB 13.4 grains - Sightron 10-50x60
35/60 Alan E – Daystate Wolverine – AA 10.3 grains, Falcon 10-50x60
35/60 Scott V - Brocock Concept - Hawke Air Max - Air Arms 10.3 grain
Piston Hunter
18/60 Bill M – HW98 – JSB 8.4 grains – Athlon 4-14x44 FFP
17/60 Ron D – Air Arms TX200 - JSB 8.4 grains - Falcon 10-50x60
12/60 Cindy M – HW50S – JSB 7.87 grains – UTG 4-16x
Remarks:
We had a few people attend our first match of the year. It was cold and windy. It was mostly cloudy with some brief moments of sunshine during the match.
Mark M was the marshal for this match. We had only one cold line to replace a malfunctioning target which Mark was able to fix at the end of the match.
Tricky wind conditions made the course much more difficult for everyone. Lanes 8 and 10 were relocated to new locations while maintaining their distances and difficulties. Sometimes the wind conditions would be different from the shooting line and at the target.
Overall it is a good practice for shooting in the wind.
After everyone was done shooting, all helped wind up the strings back to the targets.
All went back to the warmth of the clubhouse and had some lunch. Cindy grilled some hotdogs. We had some brownies baked by Linda (Mark's wife).
Thank you all that braved the cold windy weather. The upper pond course will eventually have 25 lanes for the grand prix match for 1 shot per target.
Next match: 2024 May 26 at Club house course
Leo Gonzales – FT course planner
Rockville Fish & Game
Results and Photos are available in the link below
http://rockvillefishandgameclub.com/air-gun-activities/
Airgun Field Target - New England Field Target League (nefieldtargetleague.org)
